Art agenda for the week of 9/20 – 9/24

Art agenda for the week of 9/20 – 9/24

PRE SCHOOL FULL DAY 4’S- WILL BE READING AN ERIC CARLE BOOK AND MAKING A VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLER.

KINDERGARTEN- WILL BE FINISHING A CLOWN DRAWING AND STARTING A GIANT PUMPKIN PAINTING.

1^ST GRADE- IS STUDYING THE ARTIST GEORGIA O’KEEFFE. WE WILL CONTINUE WORK ON DRAWING FLOWERS FROM LIFE AND CREATING A FLORAL WATERCOLOR PAINTING

2^ND GRADE- WILL BE CREATING A SILHOUETTE OF A CAT ON A FENCE USING TISSUE PAPER AND CONSTRUCTION PAPER.

2^ND /3^RD GRADE- SAME AS GRADES 2 AND 3

3^RD GRADE –WE ARE CONTINUING WORK ON AN INDIAN CORN SOFT SCULPTURE.

4^TH GRADE- WILL BE LEARING ABOUT THE MEXICAN CELEBRATION- “DAY OF THE DEAD” AND WILL BE MAKING A COLORFUL COLLAGE HONORING ANCESTORS.

4/5^TH GRADE- 4^TH GRADERS ARE DOING THE SAME AS 4^TH GRADE ABOVE AND 5^TH GRADERS WILL BE DOING THE SAME PROJECT AS 5^TH GRADE BELOW. 5^TH GRADE ONLY- PLEASE SEND IN $1.10 AND A FIST SIZE ROCK IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE SO YET.

5^TH GRADE- IF YOUR CHILD HAS NOT YET BROUGHT IN A ROCK, PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND ONE IN A.S.A.P. 5^TH GRADE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MEXICAN CELEBRATION- “DAY OF THE DEAD”. STUDENTS WILL MAKE A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF A FUN SKULL IN THE MEXICAN TRADITION.

MIDDLE SCHOOL 6/7 AND 7- PLEASE BE SURE YOU CHILD IS AT SCHOOL FOR SPECIALS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.  WE HAVE LONG CLASSES BUT FEWER SESSIONS AND ABSENCE REALLY MAKES IT HARD TO STAY ON TASK. WE ARE WORKING ON A SELF-PORTRAIT PAPER MACHE’ COLLAGE PROJECT. STUDENTS NEED TO BRING IN COLLAGE ITEMS THAT REFLECT THEIR PERSONALITY (FAVORITE ANIMAL, FOODS, COLOR, BAND, TYPE OF MUSIC, ETC….THEY HAVE A LIST TO WORK FROM). THIS WAS DUE THURSDAY, 9/16 OR FRIDAY, 9/17 DEPENDING ON YOUR CHILD’S SCHEDULE.